Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-09
CHRONICLE.
CMcial Paper OF Custer County,

Assaying done at Booth d Webster's.
The Uncle Sam mine 10 said to be i'm
proving every day. Thirty stamps are
dropping.
Lemons 80 cents a dozen at Hitch
cocks.
The egg social at the reading room on
Wednesday evening was well attended
and heartily enjoyed.
Buy your oranges and lemons at
H~itchcock's.
Silver declined to 95t in New York on
the LIST. Copper l04 for Lake, Oxford
81. Lead Az. Tin 223.
Sioux City Timothy seeds; Sioux City
Nursery seeds at Cochran's.
Cy Iba, the irrepressiblc frontier min
ing ~rustler, well known in this place, is
at present rusticating in Douglas, Wyo-
ming,
Tobaccos and cigars a specially at
H~itchcock's.
1t is now conceded hat q smeltery
will be built at Sturgis this season, ample
assurances have become a matter of
record. See the Record.
Oranges and lemons, great big ones,
80 cents a dozen at Cochran's.
Thunder and lightning is reported at
Rapid on the End inst. Custer was not
within the phenomenal belt, but we can
boast Of a very gaudy circle around the
bloodless moon.
For fresh candy, genuine Havana
cigars, all kinds of pipes, go to Cochran's
where they sell cheap.
Jake is giving Capt. Jack Crawford a
rosy write up in the Hot Springs Star.
Jake is an old timer in the Hills, and
knows considerable concerning what he
is talking about.
Assaying done at Booth & Webster's
John r. Whiteside. the newly APP
pointed register of the Deadwood land
Office, writes w. G. Bower Of this place
that he will probably arrive in Dead
wood on the 18th inst.
The greatest variety Of teas and tobac-
cos in the Hills at Cochran's.
The days have been fairly warm and
pleasant during the past week, but a
three-ply blanket in the night time was
luxury which could 1ot safely have
been dispensed with.
For sash, doors, and wall paper call
at Fred Heidepriem's.
James Wilson, Of the Harvey Peak
Tin Company, at present in New York,
is expected to arrive in this place by
the LIST of May. 1t is unnecessary to
state that his coming is awaited with
much anxiety.
Fresh confectioneries and nuts in
great variety at Hitchcock's.
A new law passed at the last session
Of the legislature provides for the publ
cation of The proceedings Of the board
Of county commissioners in three papers
of the county, in counties where that
number of papers exist.
Go to Hitchcock's for drugs and patent
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1t is currently reported here that J..
c. Spencer, an extensive stock grower
of Beaver creek, thirty miles west Of
this place, has sold out his interest in
the Retriever mine in Ruby Basin for a
large amount, the exact figure we failed
to learn.
Cochran's for groceries and hardware,
the cheapest house in the Hills, and tn
best goods in the market.
At the annual meeting of the Custer
Fire Company on Tuesday night the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: H. ]. Stone, Foreman I;
H. A. Albien, LIST assistant N. d. Pool,
End assistant; James Clark, treasurer ;
A. T. Feay, secretary.
Prof. Jansen of the school Of mines
who was employed to ~analyze the con
tents of the stomach ofJohn II. Skinner,
deceased, is said to have completed the
analysis, and is now awaiting the arrival
of DR.. ID. w. Flick, before making public
the result Of his investigations.
The Hermosa Pilot publishes a
lengthy and well written boom article
compiled by the Business Mems Associa-
ton Of that place, which can scarcely
fail to bring benefit to the place, besides
showing conclusively that Hermosa,
"the beautiful" is not asleep.
The new Iron Hill smelter will be |
blown in on or before the middle Of
May. The mine is looking better than
w before. 1t is claimed that there is
more than enough ore in sight to rum
two smslters, double the capacity of the
new one in course of erection for over |